Just a recently a friend of mine has got me onto this website called 9Gag. I’d heard of it before and had seen links to it throughout my Facebook newsfeed every now and then but I never really took much notice of it. That was until I started this blog, which through the need for interesting weekly posts, has really helped motivate me to take notice of all the quirky websites that are out there yet I have previously ignored on a daily basis! Full of interesting facts, comedic political cartoons, memes and a load of unique photography from around the world, this website has a little bit of something for everyone.
For me however, it’s the amazing photography that intrigues me the most. With photography being a big passion of mine and hobby that I unfortunately rarely have the time to enjoy, I absorb as much as I can from cool photos that I find flicking through 9Gag along with other students blogs, and tumblr pages.
The link below is of the work of a photographer who has completely taken advantage of, whilst perhaps also subtly mocking the convenience of the iPhone camera. Throughout these images, this photographer has taken a very unique and quirky approach to ‘iPhone photography’ by perfectly blending the images of TV and film characters with images in real life. Is what I really admire about these photos is that despite being quite a simple idea, the product is extremely effective by being both humorous yet artistic and has very possibly been able to do so on a very affordable budget!
With the newest iPhones now containing an 8MP camera, equipped with flash, true tone capture, image stabilisation and many more tools and modes that were once only available on regular digital cameras, the images they capture aren’t too far behind your average DSLR. And of course with one of these snazzy iPhones in hand, every man and his dog claim to be a photographer. Maybe its just me, but the steady hand, the perfect symmetry and the widely loved tv characters, this photographer is also having a crack at everyone out there who has an iPhone and is apparently the next Terry Richardson, Ansel Adams or Dorothea Lange.